Gardening in South Louisiana

It’s a Purple Iris!

The first iris is blooming in our front border and it’s purple! It’s a surprise since I thought it was a yellow iris like the other irises I have been seeing bloom around town. The iris is actually a deeper purple than in the photo. Too bad my camera isn’t able to capture its true colors. There’s only one bloom so far but it’s a small planting. I wonder if the irises which The Sushiman planted the heart garden is also purple?

Hello

After years of container gardening on my apartment’s balcony, I finally have a house with a yard which needed a garden. My parents are avid gardeners, especially my dad, and have passed along the gardening genes as well as many wonderful plants to me. There’s something about a garden with brings a pleasant surprise every day to your life and helps you slow down that hectic and frantic lifestyle that so many of us go through on a daily basis. This will be my version of a combination of a gardening and life journal.